Marguerite Duras Quotes


I know it's not clothes that make women beautiful or otherwise, nor beauty care, nor expensive creams, nor the distinction of costliness of their finery. I know the problem lies elsewhere. I don't know where. I only know it isn't where women think.


Citations

Duras, Marguerite. The Lover. Translated by Barbara Bray, Pantheon Books, 1985, p. 19.

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Marguerite Duras
Marguerite Duras
  • Born: April 4, 1914
  • Died: March 3, 1996
  • Nationality: French
  • Profession: Novelist

Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu, known as Marguerite Duras (French: [maʁɡ(ə)ʁit dyʁas]), was a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker. Her script for the film Hiroshima mon amour (1959) earned her a nomination for Best Original Screenplay at the Academy Awards.